upstart

Recall that a young upstart by the name of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unseated New York Rep. Joseph Crowley, a powerful 10-term incumbent and chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

The two firms were the lead investors in a February round for MatX, an upstart AI chip maker, and are investing in a new round for Fluidstack, a provider of AI cloud computing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

Across the state, there were other races with upstart contenders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

The trend spans from Ford Motor, which announced a new battery storage division in May, to Fluence Energy, an upstart battery-maker collaborating with Nvidia.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

I move toward the young upstart, and he retreats.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate

The design-software company has struggled to convince investors that its pricing model and artificial-intelligence offerings are enough to compete with cheaper upstarts, and Bank of America’s Tal Liani isn’t optimistic that sentiment will change.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

Regulation typically hurts upstarts, so OpenAI may be hoping to build a regulatory moat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

The man who shockingly demoted then-24-year-old goalkeeper Guillermo “Memo” Ochoa in favor of a more experienced player prior to the 2010 World Cup was now relying on upstarts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

Understanding what any upstarts are up against can help, though.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

Because the least valued oil leases were offered first, the barons usually lingered in the back, leaving the initial bidding to upstarts.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

In an industry where guerrilla tactics pay off, Kahn upstarted the upstarts.

From Time Magazine Archive

After this fashion the Moslems ceased not dashing forwards, one after one, and the Franks to unhorse them and take them captive, till day departed and the night with darkness upstarted.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

And the Prophetess 28 inspired By her God, upstarted now,— Toward the smoke of homesteads fired, Looking from the lofty prow.

From The Poems of Schiller — Third period by Schiller, Friedrich

Further inside the heart of the city upstarted the intoxications of sin and the terrible beggars with their maimed children.

From Memories of Hawthorne by Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne

Instantly upstarted Lyubim Tsarevich, put on his armour, and leaped upon his steed.

From The Russian Garland being Russian Folk Tales by Rosciszewski, J. R. de

Iris, sudden at the gate Appear'd; they, at the sight upstarting all,255 Invited each the Goddess to himself.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

He seized the wooden sword, and smote the earth;       When lo! upstarting into birth       A fabric, gorgeous to behold,       Outshone in elegance the old, And Veeshnoo saw, and cried, "Hail, playhouse mine!"

From Rejected Addresses by Smith, James

The thrush, upstarting in the distant dell, Shook its brown wing, with golden streaks array’d, And ap’d the witch-notes, as they rose and fell.

From Romantic Ballads, Translated from the Danish; and Miscellaneous Pieces by Borrow, George Henry

She followed the direction of my eye, stroked down an upstarting frill, and coloured furiously.

From The Lady of the Basement Flat by Earnshaw, Elizabeth

Coxcombs need only lines; their opinions are upstarting islands, held together by nothing but emptiness....

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul